With the announcement of the new IBM Power Systems scale-out servers based on the IBM POWER8 processor, the IBM and Oracle Alliance have delivered two industry leading benchmarks that demonstrate the superior performance of the new POWER8 processors. IBM Power System S824 delivers best of breed Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Payroll Batch Extra Large test kit performance This benchmark exercised the batch component of Oracle E-Business Suite applications for the Extra-Large Payroll script (250,000 employees). The Power S824 server completed the... [More]

The IBM C-suite Study is a result of analyzing our conversations with 4,183 leaders in 70 countries. We spoke with a cross-section of C-suite executives in more than 20 industries: Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs), Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs). This Study offers insight into how these leaders view the world, their priorities and how they are preparing for the future. Three major themes emerged.... [More]

“ The combination of the rising costs and the failure of the platform to support the required SLAs resulted in the abandonment of the UCS platform.” Solitaire Interglobal, Ltd. 2013 Recently IBM engaged Solitaire Interglobal Ltd. (SIL) to conduct surveys and gather data from live Cisco UCS customer sites that have deployed Oracle products. What they learned from these customers may surprise you! Join us for a 1 hour webcast with Kat Lind from Solitaire Interglobal as she discusses this and other topics regarding the... [More]

Recently IBM engaged Solitaire Interglobal Ltd. (SIL) to conduct surveys and gather data from live customer sites that have deployed Oracle products on a converged infrastructure as part of their production environments. Their analyses report the benefits and relative costs found when organizations implement IBM PureFlex platforms as part of their Oracle IT architecture. Solitaire is an expert services provider specializing in applied predictive performance modeling, providing customers worldwide with ongoing risk profiling, performance root... [More]

A recent study by Solitaire Interglobal Ltd. compared over 14,600 Oracle application customer environments running on IBM PureFlex to Oracle applications running on Cisco UCS. The study found that PureFlex had 72.25% higher LOB (Line of Business) customer satisfaction and less than 5% of the Cisco downtime. The Cisco cost variance between the original bid price and the overall deployment expense averages 520.73% as compared to PureFlex at 4.01% larger than original bid. Client Testimonial from Study: “We have three different all-in-one... [More]

This year, IBM i (AS/400) will celebrate its 25th anniversary. For a quarter century, IBM i has been transforming clients' businesses by delivering an exceptional client experience through an integrated system that is easy to use and application-rich. The simplicity and reliability of IBM i helped fuel the explosion of industry applications for mid-sized companies and generated one of the industry's most passionate user communities. JD Edwards solutions were among the first and continue to be among the leading solutions running on... [More]

IBM Global Financing can help IBM and Oracle Business Partners sell more, win more and drive more profit for your firm. Financing can result in larger transactions, improved cash flow, and generate more repeat business. Your clients also benefit by turning up-front costs into smaller predictable payments, allowing them to extend their budgets to acquire more technology. IT hardware, software and services, from IBM, Oracle and other vendors, can all be financed through IBM Global Financing--greatly simplifying the finance contract,... [More]

Here are three New IBM Case Studies that highlight benefits of using IBM's Systems, Software and Services with Oracle applications and technology solutions. We Need Your Help ! Let us know about your external customer references so we can help highlight your successes with IBM and Oracle solutions. Send your case studies/videos to ibmoracle@us.ibm.com The PGA hits a hole-in-one - The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) wanted to streamline accounting and reporting processes in its shared services... [More]

Join IBM on June 5th for our first annual Business Partner day in IBM Oracle Virtual University . There's no better place to get quality on demand education on the IBM hardware and software that optimizes Oracle applications. Leverage this free resource within your organization to gain skills to help you identify, progress and close more business with IBM and Oracle. Presenters include Oracle product managers, IBM Business Partner executives and Subject Matter Experts from IBM Brand, Industry and the IBM Oracle... [More]

In this white paper, we provide a detailed walk-through of the recommended approach for creation and deployment of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 virtual appliance using IBM Systems Director and IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool (ICCT), along with the test setup details and operational efficiencies recorded in the test setup at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center. http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102273

Hear what over 11,000 customers have to say about running their Oracle workloads on converged infrastructure systems In the marketplace, an increasing number of vendors offer converged infrastructure IT solutions. These solutions target rapid system deployment with pre-installed software, configured computing power, storage and networking, while addressing complexity by providing a level of integrated management. Oracle products are prime candidates for this type of deployment, where complexity is significantly reduced, resulting in faster... [More]

Address Data Privacy Concerns with IBM Infosphere Optim It is not surprising to see that high-ranking executives are gaining awareness of data privacy concerns. The corporate world experienced 174 million incidents of compromised record security. In addition, global cybercrime costs US$114 billion annually and affects more than 1 million victims every day. Furthermore, protecting data privacy is no longer optional. It’s the law. IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy Solution, recently named a leader in the first-ever Gartner... [More]

Hear
what over 11,000 customers have to say about running their Oracle
workloads on converged infrastructure systems In
the marketplace, an increasing number of vendors offer converged
infrastructure IT solutions. These solutions target rapid system
deployment with pre-installed software, configured computing power,
storage and networking, while addressing complexity by providing a
level of integrated management. Oracle
products are prime candidates for this type of deployment, where
complexity is significantly reduced, resulting in... [More]

In
the marketplace, an increasing number of vendors offer converged infrastructure
IT solutions. These solutions target rapid system deployment with pre-installed
software, configured computing power, storage and networking, while addressing
complexity by providing a level of integrated management. Oracle products are
prime candidates for this type of deployment, where complexity is significantly
reduced, resulting in faster installation, while still maintaining some degree
of flexibility. IBM engaged Solitaire Interglobal Ltd.... [More]

Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management
(BRM) provides a fully convergent charging and billing system to manage the
entire revenue management lifecycle. Oracle BRM is part of the Oracle
Communications portfolio of products. Oracle BRM runs natively on some operating systems,
such as Linux® and IBM’s AIX®. Oracle Billing and Revenue Management can also be
deployed on Linux on System z® servers in a mixed architecture mode, also known
as “split-tier configuration”. The Oracle database tier is certified to run on Linux on... [More]

DRIVE A NEW ERA OF PERFORMANCE WITH FLEXIBLE
SOLUTIONS. Please join IBM in BOOTH 1109 at Collaborate 2013, April 7-11th in
Denver, Colorado to learn how IBM® is helping organizations drive a new
era of performance with flexible solutions, services and systems. Whether your
focus is advanced analytics, cloud, big data, information governance, or data
management, IBM provides heterogeneous solutions, allowing organizations to
manage all of their data, applications and databases consistently and
efficiently. THIS YEAR WE WILL BE... [More]

O racle
support for older JD Edwards E1 and World releases will be ending later this
year. In addition, IBM i 5.4 will be going end-of-life as well. These events
make a compelling case for customers to upgrade. IBM
can help you and your customers with this transition with this great information
on lower TCO and high reliability of the IBM i platform.
IBM i for Midsize
Businesses Minimizing Costs and Risks for Midsize
Businesses In most geographies, IT spending by midsize businesses is increasing.
Technology continues to... [More]

Faysal Bank, Pakistan Shortens Loan Request Turnaround by 25%, Triples Number of Debit Cards Activated Each Month.
“We now have a strong relationship with the team and are very happy with
the communication and collaboration processes we have developed. We see
IBM as a true technology and business partner.” - Waqas Anis, Head of
CRM, Faysal Bank Ltd. Faysal Bank Shortens Loan Request Turnaround by 25%, Triples Number... oracle.com Faysal Bank considered several other customer
relationship management products in the market, but decided... [More]

Get the education you need at no cost, when and where you need it. IBM will open the doors to the IBM Oracle Virtual University 2013 on Tuesday, February 26th. This on-demand university - for IBMers and Partners - will offer more than 60 sessions to help you better understand how IBM's technnologies support Oracle applications and the resources available to you to help support your clients. Join us for opening day - Feb. 26th - which will feature the Business Partner keynote address plus interactive, live access to IBM technology experts from... [More]

“The TMS strategy and solution set align well with our Smarter Computing
approach to information technology by helping clients realize increased
performance and efficiencies at lower costs,” said Brian Truskowski,
general manager, Systems Storage and Networking, IBM. “Solid state
technology, in particular, is a critical component of our new Smarter
Storage approach to the design and deployment of storage
infrastructures, and part of a holistic approach that exploits flash in
conjunction with disk and tape technologies to solve... [More]

The
JDE Edwards Partner Summit is over and this year it was better
than ever. IBM was a gold sponsor of the event and presented on the use of IBM
Cast Iron for cloud integration with JD Edwards. In addition to our software
solutions for JD Edwards, IBM also provides the best platforms for your clients
to get the most of their JD Edwards investment. Take a look at these valuable
white papers on the value of an IBM platform upgrade. Justifying a JD Edwards application
environment upgrade Do
you have JD Edwards customers... [More]

There is an issue on both AIX
6.1 TL08 SP01 and AIX 7.1 TL02 SP01 (ONLY) This issue affects ALL Oracle
Database RAC customers running on these 2 SP levels. The issue occurs
during the installation of the Grid/Clusterware software. The symptoms that installation may observer are: 1) root.sh works fine on first node 2) root.sh works fine on 2nd node up until the final restart of the
cluster. 3) WARNING - all the network verification steps in the OUI/cluvfy will PASS but
the issue will still occur. Looking at the CRS logs will show... [More]

The
potential benefits of cloud computing are widely accepted. Users may realize new
levels of flexibility, customer responsiveness and cost-effectiveness in their
use of IT resources. A wide range of processes, from simple provisioning to
large-scale solution deployment, accelerate “time to value” for IT investments.
Thousands of
companies have entered this market with their cloud offerings. These include:
IBM SmartCloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Joyent, Microsoft Azure,
Rackspace, and many others. Read this... [More]

Oracle has further
increased support of IBM’s Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature by adding
support for GPFS when running the RAC feature of its Database 11 g Release 2 on AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1. Please see the
IBM Flash with the details of the Oracle certification for IBM’s PowerVM Live
Partition Mobility running with Oracle Database 11 g Release 2 and RAC with ASM.
The Flash can be found at http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10686 In addition, Oracle Database and RAC 11 g Release 2 (11.2.0.3 and above)... [More]

IBM is pleased to advise customers that Oracle
has certified its 11 g Release 2 database
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2. This
certification was completed through the excellent IBM and Oracle technical
collaboration. On February 6,
2013, Oracle announced the availability of the Oracle Database 11 g Release 2 with Red Hat 6.2 on the IBM System z platform. Customers who have been testing Oracle
Database 11 g Release 2 on this
version may now proceed to production with confidence that Oracle will fully
support running on this new... [More]

Looking for information to help you justify a project to upgrade your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or JD Edwards World applications? IBM and Oracle have recently published a joint data sheet that enumerates the reasons to consider an upgrade, and points to other resources that may be valuable in planning an upgrade to your applications and server environment. To access the "Justifying an upgrade to Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or JD Edwards World application environments" data sheet, click here .